Comets LINEAR & NEAT 20th April 2004


5 minute exp. of comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR). Imaged in morning twilight and through nebulosity on horizon near dawn 20th April 2004 local time (19.83 UT)

Credit: S.Leffanue/K.Jones 135 mm lens 35mm 800 fuji cropped.

 

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Same image with enhancement to bring out around 8 degrees of tail in total. The anti-tail (which we could see using binoculars!) measures around half a degree in length in pic.
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3 minute exposure of comet T7 - i thought i would add this as it is less affected by the bright dome of twilight and shows the interesting colour of T7's ion tail.

Credit S.Leffanue/K.Jones (same gear as above) cr.
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9 minute exposure of comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Taken at around 3:00 am on the same morning (19.73 UT). Q4 is around 7 degrees above the horizon in pic. On this morning we were lucky enough to see two -small- naked eye comets at the same time - stunning!.

Credit S.Leffanue/K.Jones (same gear)


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Again same image but blown up a little to bring out more of comet. The brightest part of the tail is 2.5 deg long, with a fainter tail going out to around 6 deg. It was a great sight in binos as well :-) as was T7 as well, great fun to change from one to the other and back again!
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